Kenny Ken & Mc's Mc Mc & Prince @ Helter Skelter 19 - The Strings of Life - 12/06/1997

DJ Mac started out in music at an early age learning to play the violin & piano, but dance music was more to his taste so after attending some local youth parties influenced by seeing the DJs spinning vinyl, he quickly picked up a pair of turntables himself and was soon up there as well playing to the crowds.
 
Mac mixed everything from House & Garage to jungle & HipHop, but his passion for big basslines lead him to settle as a Drum n Bass DJ. 
He went on to help run a successful weekly night in his home town in the early 00’s, and has played out at some well known night spots across the country including The O2 Academy Oxford, H20 Swindon, & Lakota in Bristol to name a few.
Now with 20 + years mixing experience under his belt, a Volume & Rough Tempo resident for a number of years and recently winning the Random Concept DJ competition things are looking good right now.. Mac has had the chance to play alongside some of  biggest names in the scene and currently dabbling in production..

For any enquiries and/or bookings, please email - andythomas3@hotmail.co.uk

Bandcamp - 
https://cadenzo.bandcamp.com/track/breathing-fire. 

Cadenzo (AKA Andy T) started DJ'ing in early 1997.  Initially, influences came from the DJ's and producers of the Hardcore/ Jungle scene in the late 90's. Even though at the time he was too young to attend these types of parties, the influence and technical ability of the Dj's really attracted Andy to the world of Dj'ing.  He got his first set of turntables and started making mix tapes for friends circa 1997,  which led to gig's at small venues and house parties.  This led him up until the early 2000's where the general rise of House and Trance music took over most local bars and clubs.  Due to a change in musical taste, it introduced Andy to a new circuit of DJ's & friends within the scene, leading to gigs at larger venues.  After playing House and Trance music for a couple of years Andy then found himself getting more involved in the rising UK Garage scene. He then went on to form a DJ partnership and subsequent syndicate called 'Ready Or Not' with two of his close friends.  This secured gigs in the UK Garage scene, predominantly across the South Wales area.  They were big advocates of the early Grime/ Dubstep sound, as their sets were usually mixed up with Grime and UK Garage.  It was during this period that they got in contact with legend of Uk Garage, namely Mr Richie 'Vibe' Vee.  At the time, Richie was hosting the BBC’s 1Xtra flagship UKG show 'The Blueprint', they were invited to play alongside Richie on several occasions to showcase their talent.  

In 2006 they started working with Welsh producer, Rhys Buckley, who now forms part of the EDM syndicate 'The Futuristic Polar Bears’.  It was during this period, they started a production outfit called 'The Slikk-4' putting their own twist on UKG and then evolving ‘Baseline’ sound!  In 2007 they were invited back to BBC Radio 1Xtra to appear on 'Ras Kwame's' show (alongside Richie 'Vibe' Vee again), to showcase their new studio efforts.  A few releases followed, namely 'Twister' or more well known as the 'Huckleberry' Remix on Dj Luck and Mc Neat's label 'Lush Recordings'.  The Slikk-4 went on to host a residency at Swansea's 'Cro Bar', playing alongside some of the UK's finest DJ's and artists within the scene, including Roll Deep, Wiley, Dj Cameo, Heartless Crew, Jamie Duggan, Shaun Banger Scott and The Dream Team, to name but a few.  They played at a number of venues across S Wales.  However, the collaboration was short lived due to each member keen to pursue individual projects.  

Andy continued to DJ solo, but accompanied by MC Dubble C.  They held down a weekly residency at the legendary’Escape Club' Swansea, where they would pack out the Uk Garage room. They developed a committed following and gained invaluable experience on co running a regular club night.  They played alongside some of the biggest artists in the scene, such as DJ EZ, Artful Dodger, Matt Jam Lamont, The Wideboys, Dj Luck and Mc Neat, Platinum, H20, Eugene Vee, Riche Vee and several of the country’s top Mc’s...but the list goes on!

Fast forward to 2022, Andy now plays a wide range of deep liquid, minimal, drum and bass and busy in the studio making beats, under the name 'Cadenzo'.

If you like what you hear, then support the scene by buying the original packs, all searchable on Google, and of course all other reputable search engines.

This is by no means an exhaustive collection, this is MY PERSONAL collection uploaded to here for safe keeping in case of HDD failure.

Huge thanks out to Cligga ( Clayton Hines ) from Renegade Hardware for the standing permission and acknowledgement of the packs posted.

Its evident that some people need to link social sites as this is their own page.
The only external sites i am on, are the links below.
Please DO NOT request sets, this is MY ONLINE BACKUP, all that will be posted, is on here already.
Nothing is posted anywhere else by me, except here.
It isn't a trophy thing, nor I've a bigger collection than you thing, I've been doing this scene for 32 years solid. 
This is an online BACKUP for ME and listening too for FREE for you ONLY.



Kenny Ken & Mc's Mc Mc & Prince @ Helter Skelter 19 - The Strings of Life - 12/06/1997

Eaxsound - Birmingham/Swindon